Still kicking at 100: Meet Chicago’s longtime mom-and-pop shops
What does it take for a business in Chicago to succeed for 100 years?
Chicago has changed a lot in the last century. And every day, it can feel like another local longtime bar or shop is forced to shutter. But there are some things you can still rely on, like the mom-and-pop shop that’s been around the corner forever.
Reset meets a few of the Chicagoans at the helm of longtime family shops (about ~100 years old or so) for advice.
GUESTS: Xan “Sean” Flink, CEO of Clark Devon Hardware
Brad Rompza, owner of Burwood Tap
Kim Dipofi, corporate liaison for Pompei Restaurant
Lucian Dipofi, Pompei Restaurant
John Roeser, owner of Roeser’s Bakery
Paul Becker, fifth-generation luthier of Carl Becker & Son
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Still kicking at 100: Meet Chicago’s longtime mom-and-pop shops
What does it take for a business in Chicago to succeed for 100 years?
Chicago has changed a lot in the last century. And every day, it can feel like another local longtime bar or shop is forced to shutter. But there are some things you can still rely on, like the mom-and-pop shop that’s been around the corner forever.
Reset meets a few of the Chicagoans at the helm of longtime family shops (about ~100 years old or so) for advice.
GUESTS: Xan “Sean” Flink, CEO of Clark Devon Hardware
Brad Rompza, owner of Burwood Tap
Kim Dipofi, corporate liaison for Pompei Restaurant
Lucian Dipofi, Pompei Restaurant
John Roeser, owner of Roeser’s Bakery
Paul Becker, fifth-generation luthier of Carl Becker & Son